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Centennial, CO is a 110K-resident city in Arapahoe County with a median household income of $131,928.

Arapahoe County, Colorado. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Centennial, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Centennial has a population larger than 93% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $658,100.

Data updated 2026-09-03

110K
Population (place)
Top 7%
By size
$131,928
Median income (place)
$658,100
Median home (place)
3.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Centennial

Centennial posts a median household income higher than 88% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 12%
by median income, US cities

Where Centennial income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$131,928 Top 12% higher than 88% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Centennial $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CO

Population among 59 CO places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Denver is the largest CO city on this list; The Pinery leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CO

Median household income among the same 59-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows The Pinery posts the highest place-level median income in CO; Denver is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Centennial, CO beyond the headline numbers

Centennial sits inside Arapahoe County, Colorado, at roughly 39.58°N, -104.88°W. Population 109,741, $131,928 median household income. Median home value $658,100, median rent $2,148. Poverty rate 3.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 3.3% of Centennial, CO residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

A median home in Centennial runs about 5.0 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

26.9% of Centennial workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 28.8% in Centennial, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

At 42 years, Centennial's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Centennial from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
109,741
Centennial · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$131,928
+48% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$658,100
+59% vs avg
Median Age (place)
42
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Arapahoe County): Centennial's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
660K+13%
Median Income
$101,087+67%
Median Home Value
$561,200+143%
Poverty Rate
8.6%-29%
Unemployment
4.9%-44%

Economics

Economics indicators for Centennial, CO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,148/mo
Poverty Rate
3.3% -73% vs avg
Unemployment 4.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 62.6%
Work From Home 26.9%
Public Transit 0.9%

Population

White 76.9%
African American 2.9%
Asian 6.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
28.8%
High Blood Pressure
27%
Obesity
23.1%
Binge Drinking
18.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
13.9%
Physical Inactivity
13.6%
Current Asthma
10.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
10%
Current Smoking
8%
Diabetes
7.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 72.8%
Annual Checkup 72.3%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
6.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.7%
Stroke
2.4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Centennial?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Centennial right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CO-CENTENNIAL · Centennial

Centennial: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Centennial

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Centennial.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Centennial; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Colorado state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Centennial, CO? ▼
Centennial, CO has a population of 109,741 people, located in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
What is the median household income in Centennial? ▼
The median household income in Centennial, CO is $131,928 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 3.3%.
What is the median home value in Centennial? ▼
The median home value in Centennial, CO is $658,100. Median rent is $2,148/month.
What are the top health concerns in Centennial? ▼
The top health indicators in Centennial include Short Sleep Duration (28.8%), High Blood Pressure (27%), Obesity (23.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Centennial? ▼
The median age in Centennial, CO is 42 years. 62.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Centennial, both outside Colorado so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CO (3.3% here).

Elmhurst, IL 3.3% Upper Arlington, OH 3.3% Andover, MN 3.3% Chatham, IL 3.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CO ($131,928 here).

Pecan Grove, TX $131,937 Waxhaw, NC $131,894 Sachse, TX $131,808 Clive, IA $132,121

Compare Centennial with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Castlewood, CO 25K Lone Tree, CO 13K Cherry Creek, CO 11K Southglenn, CO 42K Greenwood Village, CO 16K Highlands Ranch, CO 97K Castle Pines North, CO 10K Englewood, CO 33K
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Using Centennial's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Centennial area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Centennial against Colorado peers on any ranking lens. Explore Colorado

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Arapahoe County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.